RahnvsrajaTell them apart

Quick tell: Rahn is a name, raja is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rahn” is a name and “raja” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,160
“Rahn” frequency rank
#36,572
“raja” frequency rank
80732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rahn raja
Definition weiblicher Vorname Rochen (Raja)

Letter map: Rahn vs raja

Shared letters muted; letters that set Rahn and raja apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Rahn (CVCC) and raja (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Rahn
4 ch
raja

Role in the sentence - Rahn and raja

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Rahn is aname and rajaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rahn is recorded at frequency rank #44,160, classified as aname, pronounced […]. raja is at rank #36,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈraja].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 80732, this pair ranks #189,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Rahn vs raja

Shared letters: ar. Private to "Rahn": hn. Private to "raja": j.

"Rahn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "raja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rahn ← arhn · rahhn · rahnn · ranh · rhan · rrahn
  • raja ← arja · raaj · rajja · rjaa · rraja

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Rahn" and "raja" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rahn" is a name and "raja" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Rahn" or "raja" show up more?
"raja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,572 in our German list, against #44,160 for "Rahn". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Rahn" vs "raja" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rahn" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "raja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,627 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rahn" and "raja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Rahn". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #189,627 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list